On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Richard Elkins <[email protected]>wrote:
> Sorry. Enabling is almost the same set of steps: remove the existing > '#' in step 3 is the only difference. I must be getting old. Pity. > > Another point from the same 2013-08-15 discussion, I'd still prefer an > enable=Y/N flag in the file mentioned below. It's just much clearer in > terms of intent. But, I'm okay with what we have. > > > > On 08/16/2013 02:22 PM, Richard Elkins wrote: > > One person (forgot who) was running with Mir for a bit and was unhappy > with the experience. This person did not want to go through the bother of > reinstalling their PC with something else + catchup + customizations as > they wanted to keep on trying the preview of Xubuntu 13.10. Maybe someone > else feels the same? > > So, based on the collective conversation we had on 2013-08-15, this will > let you disable or re-enable Mir: > > Disable: > 1) Open a terminal window. > 2) sudo *your-favorite-text-editor* > /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/10-unity-system-compositor.conf > 3) On the line which reads, type=unity, insert an '#' in column 1, making > the line a comment. > 4) Save and exit. > 5) sudo reboot > > Enabling is almost the same set of steps (put the '#' back in step 3). > > The instructions on Jono's blog, http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/08/15/mir-update-and-testing-mir-in-ubuntu-13-10/ , mention two rows to comment: ================================ If you do have problems with Mir and want to start a normal X server, simply edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/10-unity-system-compositor.conf and comment out the second and third lines: [SeatDefaults] #type=unity #unity-compositor-command=unity-system-compositor.sleep Now restart LightDM and you are good to go. Uncomment these lines to go back to Mir. ================================ I don't know what the second line actually does or if they are redundant once the type=unity is commented out? /Jimmy
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